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Topic: 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II Current Price (Read 7084 times)

DCMoney

Currently many vendors are selling this Lens for $2175 and was wondering if this would be a good time to buy or if Canon will do a better sale for Christmas? I remember last year there was a good discount on the lens but don't remember how much the lens actually was.

Any advice?

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I ordered mine yesterday... It gets here on Monday. I was thinking the same thing... should I wait for a better price closer to x-mas. Then I thought that the price coundn't drop much more, maybe another 25 bucks. Also the current thanksgiving rebates go away on the 28th, so maybe the price will go back up thru x-mas. Just buy the lens, the pics that you will get to take with it will be worth any extra money you will save by waiting.

The prices are usually the lowest at Thanksgiving. They hold up the prices at Christmas. Then, if sales are slow, prices may drop in February.

However, if sales are just plain slow, then prices could drop a little more by Christmas. No one knows for sure, but sales are predicted to be slow this year, so you might very well do as good, if not etter by Christmas.

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DCMoney

Thanks for the reply's, been following the price since July ready to buy one just waiting for the right price. When B&H's site goes back up for online ordering i'm going to buy one and a B&W filter. Cant wait to get it in!

DrHiluluk

Thanks for the reply's, been following the price since July ready to buy one just waiting for the right price...

Or you can try the gold box trick at amazon. It's $2065.30 in the gold box (YMMV if you can get the lens to show up even using the gold box tweek [edit: gold box trick doesn't work anymore]). The double instant rebate doesn't seem to be working at amazon but according to cannonpricewatch it's live at B&H--but then you need to buy a body with it. [edit: lens is $1974 when purchased with a 60D at B&H]

According to camelcamelcamel the lowest price this lens ever went for was $2,048.96.. but at $2,074.00, its so close. Will it ever go lower than $2000 or is that wishful thinking? this current rebate is going to last until early january...

I just got a refurb for $1999 from Canon 6 days back. I might just return it and get a "NEW" one with factory box and all for less from Adorama... since Canon Charged me $140 tax... so the new one should be cheaper than Canon refurb since Adorama does not charge sales tax...